[hunchentoot-devel] easy-handler outputs to REPL instead of client

[Tyler Smith]

Hi,

I'm trying to set up a simple sql-based website using cl-who, cl-sql
and hunchentoot. I've got the basic cl-sql and cl-who parts working,
but I'm having a trouble serving the pages with hunchentoot.

The following works as expected:

(ql:quickload :hunchentoot)
(use-package :hunchentoot)

(setf my-acceptor (start (make-instance 'hunchentoot:easy-acceptor :port 4242)))

(define-easy-handler (tyler :uri "/tyler") ()
  (with-html-output (*standard-output*)
    (:ul (:li "hi there again"))))


After this, if I open localhost:4242/tyler in a browser I see my
unordered list. However, with this:

(define-easy-handler (tyler :uri "/tyler") ()
  (multiple-value-bind (records fields)
      (select [genus] [species] :from "specimens")
    (loop for rec in records do
         (loop for label in fields
            for val in rec do
              (with-html-output (*standard-output*)
                (:dt :class label (str label))
                (:dd :class label (str val)))))))

When I browse to localhost:4242/tyler nothing appears in the browser,
instead the html is printed in the REPL. If I evaluate just the (M-V-B
...) form without the enclosing (D-E-H ...) it outputs the html to the
REPL as I expect.

I have been following the examples in the hunchentoot docs, but I'm
stumped as to why this doesn't work. What have I missed?

Thanks,

Tyler